Are New Year’s resolutions dead? Many people have given up on making resolutions. Resolutions often involve giving up something that is enjoyable or taking up an activity to achieve a goal. The resolution may be to give up chocolate to lose weight or it might be to start a gym membership to get fit. A […]
Enjoying Retirement
Catching the Christmas spirit
Have you caught the Christmas spirit? With news stories telling of the mass killing of children in Newtown, the continuing conflict in Syria and Egypt, the non-stop loss of innocent lives from terrorist bombings in Afghanistan, and North Korea firing a rocket into space, feelings of despair threaten to dampen any of the Christmas spirit. […]
Why attend reunions?
A couple of weeks ago I attended a reunion of sorts. It was a 100 year anniversary celebration for a not-for-profit charity that does advocacy for child welfare organizations. Those attending included many people with whom I worked prior to retirement. As well as publishing an overview of its history of legislative and public policy achievements […]
Does Practising Goodness Improve Happiness?
Do you practise goodness to improve happiness in your postworksavvy life? Are you a ‘good’ person? Goodness is difficult to define as it usually takes meaning from the context in which it is used. It may refer to generosity and the act of giving to others. It may also be used to describe something inanimate, such […]
Are you letting nostalgia hold you back?
Nostalgia has a way of holding you back. For retired folks, it’s easy to fall into descriptions of how life ‘used to be’. Oxford dictionary defines nostalgia as a “sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past.” Nostalgia is usually considered something that happens to older people and to retired people. They […]
Do you use scenario planning for life decisions?
Scenario planning helps you make important life decisions. As we grow older it seems there are more and not fewer life decisions to make with more uncertainty about the future. Where will you live? How will you manage health concerns — especially if health declines in later years? How will you use your time? How […]
Postworksavvy Gratitude and the Longer View
Gratitude is usually understood with a short-term focus. Taking time every day to make a gratitude list is one way to stay focused on the good things that happen and the small pleasures that bring on smiles. Whether in a gratitude journal or in a thankfulness list, it is common to find three to five […]
Why blog during retirement?
Why do you spend so much of your retirement blogging? What are you getting from writing a blog? Don’t you get bored with writing? Isn’t it lonely spending so much time in front of your computer? Is your blog worth the time and money you are investing in it? Aren’t there other retirement hobbies that you want to pursue? These […]
Retirement Happiness and the World Happiness Report
If you are retired, is your retirement happiness connected to the privilege of living in a country ranked high in the world happiness report? Earlier this year the United Nations released its world happiness report. In the 2012 report Canada ranked as the 5th happiest country in the world — behind Denmark, Finland, Norway and Netherlands. […]
How to Deal with the Five Top Retirement Worries
Everyone worries. Sometimes retired people worry more than working people because they have more time for worry. Research shows that retired people have worries that fall into five broad categories of concern — health, money, living arrangements, relationships, and maintaining a sense of purpose. Short-lived periods of worry happen naturally and everyone worries — not […]
